CANARY GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canary grass mean? 

• CANARY GRASS (noun)
  The noun CANARY GRASS has 1 sense:

1. Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds

  Familiarity information: CANARY GRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANARY GRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

birdseed grass; canary grass; Phalaris canariensis

Hypernyms ("canary grass" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Holonyms ("canary grass" is a member of...):

genus Phalaris; Phalaris (a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers)